Educational Science

Americans Will Vote for Climate-Loving Politicians, New Poll Suggests

Most Americans support government action to combat the effects of global warming and will likely vote for candidates who put forth a promising stance on environmental issues, a new poll has found. The telephone poll — conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group...

New Lakes Discovered Under Greenland's Ice Hint at Warming

The discovery of two large lakes hidden beneath Greenland's ice suggests that climate change now cuts all the way to the bottom of the ice sheet, according to two new studies. The lakes, on opposite coasts, were only spotted because meltwater from Greenland's surface triggered gushing floods in the fall...

In a cold and dark underwater world, where a never-ending rain of rocks keeps the seafloor barren, researchers were startled to find fish, crustaceans and jellyfish investigating a submersible camera after drilling through nearly 2,500 feet (740 meters) of Antarctic ice. The swimmers are in one of the world's most...

How Genes and Environment Conspire to Trigger Diabetes

Diabetes appears to be a disease written deeply in human genes, a feature millions of years old, which can emerge yet also retreat through the influence of environmental forces such as diet, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how obesity, in particular, can trigger the onset of Type 2...

After Narcosub, Are Drug Drones a Surprise? (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The publication contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. It will come as no surprise to anyone that drugs are big business, so when a drone crashed in a car park of a US border town weighed down...

Seattle vs. Boston: Who Wins the 'Energy Bowl'?

This article was updated at 11:05 a.m. ET on Feb. 2. The Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will face each other on the gridiron for Super Bowl supremacy Sunday (Feb. 1). But sorry, Seattle — you've already been declared losers in the realm of energy efficiency. It was...

Doorstep Delivery of Shark Fin Soup Is in Bad Taste (Op-Ed)

Jacqueline Savitz is vice president for U.S. oceans at Oceana. Savitz contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Can one person make a difference in helping restore the health of our oceans? What about one person and her closest Facebook friends? On January 28, Oceana coordinated...

Couples Who Work Together to Get Healthy Have More Success

Couples who work together to change their unhealthy habits appear to have more successful outcomes, a new study suggests. Researchers in the U.K. found that men and women were more likely to stop smoking, exercise more or lose weight if their partner joined them in becoming healthier. For example, a...

Aww! Primordial Reptile Fossils Show Mother Caring for Babies

The fossilized remains of a small aquatic reptile surrounded by six babies suggest that the extinct animal was caring for the little ones when they died, a new study finds. The reptile is an extinct species called the philydrosaurus, and likely lived during the Early Cretaceous, a time period that...

What Makes Bill Gates Feel Stupid

Bill Gates built the world's largest software company, and with his billions, he's also become one of the world's most prolific philanthropists. But there's still one thing that he says makes him feel dumb: not being able to speak a foreign language. Gates took questions from the public today (Jan....